Rison v. Powell

This was an action in equity brought in the Jefferson circuit court, to the May term thereof, 1867, by the appellant. In his complaint, he alleges that John C. Ward & _Co., being seized in fee of certain lands situated in Jefferson county, on the 24th of January, 1868, conveyed them, together with a large amount of personal property, to Jesse R. Powell, one of the appellees herein; that Ward & Co. were insol-vent or in contemplation of insolvency, and being largely indebted to Powell, made these conveyances to him for the purpose of making him a preferred creditor; that Powell knew of their…